2009 MLB Draft Signee Thread

[Coach Owens]

Crow wasn't subjected to these same rules since he graduated college already.

*Is shocked* REALLY?!?!?!?!

[200tang]

So what position will Ackley play? I've heard center but we already have Gutierrez and Saunders. Could he move to second and have Lopez move to first and have Carp DH.

I think they really should move him to 2B. The OF is just way to crowded for the next 4 years (minimum) and there's already lots of depth there. His bat doesn't profile to well in the corners and Gutierrez is just to valuable in CF. His arm isn't that great, but he's athletic and I think he would fit perfectly at 2B.

[wahoosamC]

If Ackley can play adequate 2B, than I agree that's where they should put him.

Gutierrez is just way too good defensively to move him from CF as long as he's Adam Everett at the plate.

[bucher34]

Matz, Purke, a few others I'm not aware of.

uhhh, matzek signed. rockies got a pretty damn good deal.

[wahoosamC]

uhhh, matzek signed. rockies got a pretty damn good deal.

Yeah he signed for a lot less than Turner.

[SirKodiak]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[metsguy234]

uhhh, matzek signed. rockies got a pretty damn good deal.

He asked for players that didn't sign.

[asianinvasion]

He asked for players that didn't sign.

And Matzek did sign

[HoustonGM]

uhhh, matzek signed. rockies got a pretty damn good deal.

Metsguy meant the Mets pick Stephen Matz, not Tyler Matzek.

[200tang]

LOL @ everyone who thought it was Matzek Can't blame MG for that one.

Also, check out this quote I got in an e-mail from the Mariners about Ackley

"There are those people that when you meet them, you know. They look you in the eye and give off a presence. Derek Jeter always had it. Joe Mauer. Grady Sizemore. Torii Hunter. Derrek Lee. David Wright. Chase Utley. Ryan Zimmerman. Darin Erstad. And now Dustin Ackley."
- Peter Gammons, ESPN Hall of Fame reporter

DARIN ERSTAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mariners are officially WS favorites every year because we have the new Darin Erstad.

[metsguy234]

I'm hearing that the Mets did in fact sign Matz to an 895k bonus

[200tang]

I'm hearing that the Mets did in fact sign Matz to an 895k bonus

I like the way you worded that. "Hearing".....it's almost like you're part of the Mets FO!

[Jeffy25]

where can i find a breakdown of each of this year's cardinals signings?

[metsguy234]

I like the way you worded that. "Hearing".....it's almost like you're part of the Mets FO!

Keith Law, Tim Dierkes, Baseball America, the New York Daily News, and TheRopolitans.com have all said they signed him.

[HoustonGM]

Keith Law, Tim Dierkes, Baseball America, the New York Daily News, and TheRopolitans.com have all said they signed him.

We know.